This is a collection of articles on maintaining and enjoying a Lazy Daze motor home.

Asking Prices of Used Lazy Daze RV's

Asking Prices of Used Lazy Daze RV's as % of Selling Price of 2011 Models

Data and explanation provided courtesy of Barry Barnes

The estimated asking prices for LDs is based on two sets of data of LD asking prices.

The first set was by Chris Horst (chorst_2000) and published in the LD Yahoo group in the year 2001 in Message #7050. Plotting this data as asking price (as a percentage of the current asking price of a similar model) versus age of the LD at the time of asking appeared to show a smooth exponential curve. I used Excel to fit an exponential curve to this data as discussed in Message #7073. The fit indicated that the most significant factor in the price of a used LD seems to be its age more than the millage, the condition, or upgrades and accessories, as the scatter caused by these effects is much smaller than the change caused by age.

The second set of data was 100 asking prices based on data gathered by group member oryoki in 2004. This data was fitted with an exponential curve as well, and the fit parameters were for all practical purposes the same as for the 2001 data. This is discussed in the group message #41091.

As the value of a used LD as a % of the original asking price for a given age was essentially the same for the two sets of data, the only changes since then have been to update the current asking prices each year (as found on the LD web site). This essentially seems to take care of the effect of inflation.

In April 2011, another comparison was made of the asking prices estimated by this exponential table (% of new price for that model vs age of the LD) compared to LDs for sale on the Yahoo LD site. The asking prices estimated from the table were within 1.9 % of the actual asking prices. Current economic conditions may have impacted this study to some degree, so the data should be used with caution.